Chapter 34
All of a sudden, I felt an icy chill running up my back, and the hairs all over my body stood up. I endured the sticky feeling in my palms and forced myself to calm down. When I got down, I didn't know what happened during that time and why such a monster appeared next to me.
From Shen Jiuer's sudden disappearance to the appearance of this monster in front of me, the whole process was like experiencing a dream. Although there was no obvious sense of erraticity, everything was more or less full of emotion. Unreal.
This state is very similar to the situation of "patting flowers" that my elders often mentioned to me when I was a child. In the Northeast, almost all children will be reminded when they are young that they must not go out to play alone, otherwise they will encounter "patting flowers". "If you do, you will be abducted by human traffickers.
According to some people who were lucky enough not to be abducted by "paihuazi", once they fall into the tricks of "paihuazi", they will become as if they are in a dream, and they will act in accordance with the other party's instructions in a trance. What these "paihuazi" use is a drug similar to anesthesia, which can briefly anesthetize the nerves. At this time, when recalling the state just now, it seems like this, as if it was hypnotized.
"Could it be that strange sound I heard before?"
I am almost certain that before I climbed up from the rock wall, I was in a normal state. Everything seemed to have happened after hearing that strange sound. Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but tighten again, and I tried hard to let go. I kept the ghost eye state. I didn't know if that sound would appear again, so I could only try my best to stay awake.
Maybe it was caused by pressure, maybe it was the burst of potential. At this time, my mind was running at a speed that I had never experienced before. At the same time, my body remained motionless in its original position, planning every subtle movement that would follow. What kind of variables will it bring?
I don’t know if the monster noticed my abnormality. A pair of dark green eyes stared straight into my eyes without any movement. I don’t know if it has noticed the changes in my eyes after I was in the ghost eye state. Change, everything was eerily silent for a while, I couldn't even feel the sound of my own heartbeat.
I tried my best to calm down my breathing, and while observing the situation around me, I recalled the almost illusory state I was in before, and tried to make my movements consistent with the previous ones, so as not to let the situation in front of me slip away. The monster noticed something strange about me and slowly turned its attention to the iron sword in its hand.
However, it doesn't matter at this glance, my heart is about to jump out of my throat. The iron sword I originally held in my hand has now turned into a human leg bone, with bursts of green phosphorescence flashing. , making the monster in front of me even more ferocious.
The torch I was holding before had been thrown on the ground not far away, and the crackling sound was particularly harsh in this silent moment. Not far to my left, Shen Jiuer was already standing. He stood on the edge of a ravine, looking ahead confusedly, as if he would jump down in the next moment, and right behind him stood a mysterious monster with the head of a fish and the body of a human body.
Between Shen Jiu'er and the monster, a snow-white Samoyed roared crazily at the monster and rubbed Shen Jiu'er's calf with his body, trying to pull Shen Jiu'er out of his trap.
Awakening from the previous state, the monster was obviously very afraid of Samoyed and did not continue to approach Shen Jiuer, but it continued to make a sound similar to a whistle from its mouth.
This voice is exactly the same as the strange voice I heard before. It is neither sharp nor high-pitched, and even sounds soft and pleasant. It is hard to imagine that such a beautiful voice comes from the mouth of such an ugly monster. It seems that everything is as I thought before. This sound can cause hallucinations in people. At this time, Shen Jiuer obviously has not gotten rid of the hallucinations.
Looking at Shen Jiu'er who might step into the deep at any time, my heart couldn't help but sink. At this time, I couldn't care about anything else. Looking at the mysterious monster still staring at me, I suddenly took the amputated leg bone in my hand. He raised it and hit the monster on the head hard.
After a muffled sound, the leg bone in my hand shattered instantly, and the huge repulsive force made my palms numb. The mysterious monster in front of me immediately fell to the ground and howled miserably.
Whether it's the appearance of this monster or the fact that it deceived the torch from my hand before, it shows that this guy should be extremely wary of flames. Taking advantage of the moment it fell to the ground, I picked up the dropped torch as quickly as possible. The torch that came out not far in front of him rushed towards the monster behind Shen Jiuer.
I don't know if everything happened too suddenly, or if the monster was too focused on Shen Jiuer's movements. It wasn't until I rushed behind it that it realized my presence and turned in my direction.
"Go to hell!"
Without giving the monster even half a moment to react, I slammed the torch in my hand toward the monster's cheek. For a moment, bursts of scattered firelight bloomed above the monster's head like fireworks.
What I didn't expect was that one of the burning cloth strips happened to get stuck on the monster's scaly cheek. The rising flames instantly covered its entire face. The pain caused the monster to roll continuously on the ground. The mouth kept making creepy sounds.
"Jiejie..."
Taking this opportunity, I quickly passed over the mysterious monster rolling on the ground, and the white Samoyed that was originally blocking Shen Jiuer not only did not roar at me like it did to the mysterious monster before, but instead let his body give way. Go aside.
Although I don't know why a Samoyed suddenly appeared here, at least it should not be hostile to me. I didn't have time to think about it and rushed towards Shen Jiuer as fast as possible.
I swear, this is the fastest I have ever run in my life. I can even clearly feel the strong feedback from my thigh muscles after every exertion, which keeps my body moving forward. , the moment Shen Jiuer stepped out of the air with one foot, he grabbed Shen Jiuer's arm and pulled his whole body back.
"Jiu'er!"
I couldn't help but call to Shen Jiuer anxiously.
"Brother Seven?! Weren't you just now?"
As I shook and shouted, Shen Jiuer's eyes gradually regained their clarity, but a look of doubt appeared clearly on his face.
"Get up quickly, I'll explain other things to you later!"
Seeing Shen Jiuer wake up, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then interrupted Shen Jiuer's question.
Although Shen Jiuer was full of doubts, when he saw the monster approaching us step by step, he immediately understood our situation at this time, and his face couldn't help but change drastically: "Red Rooster?!"
"Red turtle?" When I heard Shen Jiu'er's words, I was also startled. I didn't expect that Shen Jiu'er would recognize that the monster with a fish head and body in front of me was actually a red turtle.
Because of my strong interest in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, I really spent a long time collecting various ancient books and carefully studying the rare and exotic beasts in ancient Chinese legends, although I do not remember that I I saw the record about Red Rooster somewhere, but I have a vague impression of the content.
Red Rooster - There is such a record about it in the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "The mountain of Qingqiu. The Yingshui flows out, and the south flow flows into the Jiyi Lake. There are many red Roosters in it. Their shapes are like fish and human faces, and their sounds are like Mandarin ducks, eat them without getting scabies."
There are several types of red turtles. Some have human faces and fish bodies, and some have fish faces and human bodies. A very small number of red turtles can make rhythmic sounds through their mouths to cause other creatures to hallucinate, similar to the sirens recorded in Greek mythology. Description, they specialize in enchanting sailing people with their beautiful singing voices. However, the description of the sea monster in Greek mythology is that of a human face and a fish body, but at this time, the creature that appeared in front of me had a fish face and a human body.
"Yes, this kind of red turtle can create hallucinations through sound. In addition, its scales are also very thick. It is difficult for ordinary attacks to cause substantial damage to it. Its eyes are its weak point!" Shen Jiuer said. At that time, he had completely recovered from the previous environment, his eyes were firmly locked on the two red cockroaches, and he said to me.
"This thing is afraid of fire, I'll give you the torch!" I handed the torch in my hand to Shen Jiuer.
Shen Jiuer took the torch and at the same time summoned the white Samoyed on the side to him: "Don't be distracted, focus on it! This is my dog Xiaobai, we will act according to the situation in a while!"
Hearing Shen Jiuer's words, I finally understood why a white Samoyed appeared out of thin air in this nearly closed underground cave. Emotionally, this turned out to be Shen Jiuer's Hades.
But thanks to Xiaobai, I was able to protect and delay Shen Jiu'er to a certain extent during the time when I was trapped in the environment. Otherwise, I'm afraid Shen Jiu'er would have fallen into the abyss long ago under Chi Qiu's temptation.
"Have you brought a guy with you?"
As Shen Jiuer spoke, he pulled out a short-handled knife about a foot long from the side of his leggings and handed it to me.
Xiaobai seemed to be cooperating and rushed in front of my Shen Jiuer. On the one hand, he protected Shen Jiuer and I, and at the same time, he let out waves of heart-stopping low moans in his throat.
"Keep the knife, I'll take care of you!"
I did not take the short knife handed over by Shen Jiu'er. With Shen Jiu'er's skill, the torch combined with the short knife should be extremely lethal to the red turtle.
Chapter completed!